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English translation: liquor, brandy

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Spanish term or phrase:	aguardiente
English translation:	liquor, brandy
Entered by:	Erika Vizkeleti

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19:32 Apr 29, 2006

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Spanish term or phrase: aguardiente

El diccionario de la RAE dice: Bebida espiritosa que, por destilación, se saca del vino y de otras sustancias; es alcohol diluido en agua.

Puede traducirse como "rum"?

El libro habla de alguien a quien le gusta much el aguardiente, la cerveza y el vino.

NoelBacaCastex KudoZ activity Questions: 82 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 4
Local time: 20:29

liquor, brandy

Explanation:
aguardiente de cana es rum, dependiendo de que se hace, cambia el significado

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diccionario Collins: "Aguardiente: brandy, liquor, (aguardiente de caña: rum, aguardiente de cerezas: cherry brandy, aguardiente de manzana: applejack)"
diccionario Oxford advanced: "liquor: (BR)any alcoholic drink, (US) any distilled alcoholic drink, spirits

Selected response from:

Erika Vizkeleti
Local time: 02:29

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +5

liquor, brandy

Erika Vizkeleti

3 +5

aguardiente

Cristina Golab

5 +1

moonshine

Susana Magnani

4 +1

firewater

Miguel Falquez-Certain

eau-de-vie

nedra

rum / brandy

María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda

spirits

Heidi C

hot damn cocktail

flia5

"aguardiente" (strong alcoholic drinks) ver explicación

Claudia Aguero

Discussion entries: 6

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

firewater

Explanation:
An option in Latin American countries, especially when it is made of sugar cane.

Miguel Falquez-Certain
Local time: 20:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

7 mins confidence:

rum / brandy

Explanation:
El ron es el aguardiente de caña de azúcar. Puede que sea, depende de más contexto...

aguardiente:coloquial - firewater;
aguardiente de caña-de-azucar rum;
aguardiente de cerezas cherry-brand

Agupación de Cooperativas Valle del Jerte
El único Aguardiente de Cerezas genuino en España ... Las cualidades aromáticas del Aguardiente de Cerezas son especialmente apreciadas como condimento ...
www.ac-vallejerte.es/productos/aguarlicor/aguarcere.htm - 9k -

María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
Local time: 01:29
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

2 mins confidence:

eau-de-vie

Explanation:
This is absolutely not rum!

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http://foodsubs.com/Brandy.html#grappa

You can also use "marc" http://www.luxuryweb.com/html/cordials_and_eau_de_vie.html
http://www.sallys-place.com/beverages/spirits/eau_de_vie.htm

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Sorry, absolutely not rum in Spain!

nedra
United States
Local time: 17:29
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

14 mins confidence:

hot damn cocktail

Explanation:
otra idea...

flia5
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 11

25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

moonshine

Explanation:
that's what it is... es de una destilación más vale rústica, casera

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http://www.wordreference.com/definition/moonshine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshine
http://www.ibiblio.org/moonshine/make/make.html

Susana Magnani
Argentina
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

flia5: flia5.... sí ¡me suena lo de moonshine! - o hasta se podría decir "distilled liquor"

1 hr

-> gracias, flia5!

neutral

jairo payan: El aguardiente normalmente lo hacen las licoreras y no es una bebida casera. Casero es el chirrinche o tapetusa, el aguardiente es un trago normal, al menos aquí en Colombia

3 hrs

-> gracias, jairo... para mí el aguardiente tiende a ser casero...

neutral

nedra: I think moonshine generally has negative connotations, despite having such a great name!

1 day12 hrs

-> hi nedra... i've seen it (actually, heard it) used in both negative and rather neutral contexts. the thing is, aguardiente does not have a very positive connotation either (at least in argentina), that's why i went for this option. thanks again!!!

44 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

aguardiente

Explanation:
I'd leave it like that. In the Colombian liquor stores you find rum and aguardiente and is never considered the same (the taste is also very different ;)) In some translations I've also seen it as "aguardiente".

Cristina Golab
United States
Local time: 20:29
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

bigedsenior: It is made form sugar cane similar to rum, but with anise flavoring. In Spain, there are two types, the sugar cane type and orujo form Galicia, which is made from grape pressings. In this, it is similar to brandy which is fruit based.

44 mins

agree

Rosaelena5: Totalmente de acuerdo.

1 hr

agree

jairo payan: Yo lo dejaría así y entre comillas. Mira: http://www.garnetwine.com/149894 http://www.euromonitor.com/reportsummary.aspx?folder=Alcohol...

5 hrs

agree

Paula Hernández

20 hrs

neutral

Heidi C: aguardiente no sólo lo hay en Colombia, lo hay en todos sitios, y el texto aquí en ninguna forma da a pensar que se refiere específicamente al aguardiente de Colombia...

1 day4 hrs

agree

nedra: This might be the best option, with an explanation in parentheses.

1 day12 hrs

2 hrs confidence:

spirits

Explanation:
spirits queda bien, especialmente dentro de tu contexto:

the man liked to drink spirits, beer and wine.

aguardiente es un genérico: en efecto, según el lugar y con lo que se hace, significa otra cosa. Pero básicamente es una bebida alcoholica obtenida por destilación y no por fermentación:

Aguardiente es el nombre genérico de bebidas alcóholicas, de entre 40 y 45 grados, que pueden ser bebidos, ya sea puros, añejados, aromatizados o mezclados. Se obtienen por destilación del vino o de determinados cereales, frutas o semillas, como centeno, cebada, bayas de enebro, cereza, uvas y el anís, entre otras.El nombre deriva del latín "aqua ardens" termino con el que se llamaba al alcohol obtenido por destilación
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguardiente

no puedes reducirlo a un tipo específico, ya que es el nombre genérico (sin importar el lugar)

spirit: distilled alcoholic liquor
Webster
spirits:
liquor: an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

A distilled beverage, also called spirits, is a preparation for consumption containing ethyl alcohol purified by distillation, or other method, from a substance such as wine, grain or wood. It is any alcohol mixture 15 percent or higher. The term is usually restricted to alcoholic beverages.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirits

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por el contexto, incluso hace pensar que la persona no discrimina en lo que bebe: toma de todo, no le hace . Si le das demasiada importancia al aguardiente, contradice lo que está transmitiendo el texto. (sólo toma X bebida además de cualquier vino o cerveza, en lugar de toma todo tipo de bebidas: las fuertes, vino y cerveza)

Heidi C
Local time: 20:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 23

1 day1 hr confidence:

"aguardiente" (strong alcoholic drinks) ver explicación

Explanation:
El aguardiente se obtiene de la caña de azúcar; es muy fuerte y. a veces, se considera de baja "categoría". No es como el brandy u otros licores.
Yo lo dejaría en español con una explicación en paréntesis.
La ASSOCIATION OF CARIBBEAN STATES (ACS) expone en un informe final lo siguiente:
a) The need for more detail in the organoleptic characteristics of rum, aging requirements, in addition to establishing differences with other products obtained from sugar cane such as “Aguardiente”.
Lapágina "Alcohol Specifications of Ecuador" tiene una buena explicación.

Reference: http://www.acs-aec.org/Documents/Trade/rum_eng.doc
Reference: http://www.distill.com/specs/Ecuador6.html

Claudia Aguero
Costa Rica
Local time: 18:29
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

liquor, brandy

Erika Vizkeleti
Local time: 02:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Hungarian
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: This was the most helpful answer given the context. Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda: brandy

0 min

-> gracias Maria

agree

Maria Bedoya

8 mins

-> gracias Maria

agree

Daniel Burns: Brandy.

18 mins

-> gracias Daniel

agree

Kathryn Litherland: brandy I believe is always from fruit (grapes, etc.); liquor is more generic and hence preferable without further details

20 mins

-> gracias drlith

agree

Barbara Cochran

5 hrs

-> gracias femme

neutral

Rosaelena5: ¨liquor¨se usa para nombrar macerados como ¨licor de menta¨, ¨licor de café¨, ¨licor de naranja¨ y muchos otros. Aunque en ocasiones se use ¨licores¨para ¨bebidas alcoholicas¨, no es correcto traducir ¨aguardiente¨por ¨liquor¨. Brandy no

14 hrs

-> see my explan. above: liquor-spirits en English!!!

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